On this page, you can explore the map and list of the 44 green spaces that will be opening their gates to the public on Saturday, May 16, and Sunday, May 17.
To help you plan your route, we’ve divided the locations into two categories: Historic Center and Outskirts. For each garden, you’ll find a brief description of its features and all the necessary information for access.
Map of Open Gardens
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1. Via del Monte 8, Palazzo Boncompagni
Saturday 10am-1pm and 3pm-7pm
Sunday 10am-1pm and 3pm-7pm
The sixteenth-century palace that was the residence of Pope Gregory XIII boasts a green space overlooking the main street, with two imposing horse chestnut trees stealing the show.
2. Via Capo di Lucca 12/A
Saturday 10am-1pm and 3pm-7pm
Sunday 10am-1pm and 3pm-7pm
The small garden of Un altro studio, on a terrace overlooking the Moline Canal.
3. Via Irnerio 42, Orto Botanico ed Erbario | Sistema Museale di Ateneo
Saturday 10am-6pm (open all day)
Sunday 10am-6pm (open all day)
Last entry 5.30pm
The historic university botanical garden in its permanent location, built in the early 19th century according to a design by Giovanni Battista Martinetti in the area of the Palazzina della Viola in Bentivoglio.
Free Access
May 16 saturday and 17 sunday
Fascination of Plants Day, as part of the global event celebrating the plant kingdom, researchers from Bologna are sharing their plant research with visitors.
4. Via de’ Castagnoli 14, Casa Favia
Saturday 10am-1pm and 3pm-7pm
Sunday 10am-13pm and 3pm-7pm
A green oasis nestled among historic buildings, featuring young trees, climbing plants, and borders of perennial herbs, recently created thanks to the care and enthusiasm of the young owners.
5. Via Giuseppe Petroni 24, Giardino dell’Acanto
Saturday 10am-1pm and 3pm-7pm
Sunday 10am-1pm and 3pm-7pm
A small vegetable garden that, nestled alongside the ancient walls of the Mille, features a majestic laurel tree and several fruit trees.
Curated by Associazione via Petroni e Dintorni.
6. Via San Vitale 46, Giardino Martinetti
Saturday 10am-1pm and 3pm-7pm
A fragment of the landscape garden — now largely lost — that Giovanni Battista Martinetti designed for his own home: a small section featuring a decorated exedra, statues, flower beds, and large trees.
7. Via Quadri 6
Saturday 10am-1pm
A charming and romantic courtyard garden, featuring a well, a cypress tree, a medlar tree, and other picturesque details.
Photography is not permitted in this garden.
8.Via Quadri 6
Saturday 10am-1pm
A beautiful and romantic internal garden, with a well, cypress tree, medlar tree, and evocative details.
Photography is not permitted in this garden.
9. Vicolo Borchetta 5, Il Giardino Segreto
Saturday 10.30am-12.30am e 2.30pm-4.30pm
Along the ancient wall that flanks the public road, a passageway leads to a small tree-lined green space now serving a nursery school.
Saturday, May 16 | 10:30 am and 11:30 am
A Home for Bzzz & The Magic of Seeds, two workshops for girls, boys, and families, in the nursery’s tree-lined green space. Organized by the Società Dolce Social Cooperative.
Free admission with reservations required.
For information and reservations: 337 1177466 (Mon-Fri 9 am-6 pm), infanzia@societadolce.it. Registration open until May 15.
10. Piazza Aldrovandi 19
Saturday 10am-1pm and 3pm-7pm
Sunday 10am-1pm and 3pm-7pm
A period building that houses an internal garden with a painted perspective backdrop.
Saturday, May 16
Bucolic-themed live painting by @_checco__. His graphic design aims to externalize illustration as a point of view, generating powerful yet sarcastic sensations and emotional perspectives. Through the application of the principles of visual perception, he inserts symmetry effects that offer different interpretations of the figures.
11. Strada Maggiore 34, Palazzo Sanguinetti
Saturday 10am-1pm and 3pm-7pm
Sunday 10am-1pm and 3pm-7pm
The inner garden of the International Museum and Library of Music, featuring banana trees and 19th-century trompe-l’oeil.
Holders of the Diverdeinverde ticket can visit the Museum at a reduced rate (€3) to admire the “boschereccia,” also known as the “Stanza Paese” or “Deliziosa”—a room found in late 18th-century Bolognese palaces that was decorated to resemble a real garden, a natural setting recreated specifically to “feel as if one were elsewhere.”
Famous figures in the gardens. Gioacchino Rossini lived here for a time, as a guest of the tenor Donzelli. Together with the 8Cento association, we have created a short sketch about Rossini, set here.
12. Strada Maggiore 54, Palazzo Sàssoli
Saturday 10am-1pm and 3pm-7pm
Sunday 10am-1pm and 3pm-7pm
Two evocative loggias lead to a surprising space characterised by the majestic trees of a large and historic garden.
Saturday, May 16
Bucolic-themed live painting by @_checco__. His graphic design aims to externalize illustration as a point of view, generating powerful yet sarcastic sensations and emotional perspectives. Through the application of the principles of visual perception, he inserts symmetry effects that offer different interpretations of the figures.
13. Vicolo Malgrado 3/2, Fondazione Zucchelli
Saturday 10am – 7pm (continuous hours)
Sunday 10am – 7pm (continuous hours)
A garden with a modern name but an ancient feel, belonging to the homes and studios of illustrious figures from Emilia-Romagna, with patches of roses, a beautiful wisteria, and ancient ornamental plants.
In the Zucchelli Foundation garden, you can stop for a snack at the Afrodita Chef refreshment stand.
Saturday, May 16th and Sunday, May 17th
All of a Sudden, a group exhibition of the best students from the Academy of Fine Arts of Bologna, winners of the Zucchelli Competition and the Art Up 2025 awards. Curated by the Parsec research collective.
Saturday, May 16th | 5PM
A new project for Carlo Zucchelli | Interaction Zucchelli | Colors that become sounds. Sounds that become images: a conference by Jadranka Bentini, president of the Zucchelli Foundation, Danilo Danisi, professor at the Academy of Fine Arts of Bologna, and Maestro Alessandro Branchi. The conference will include a presentation of the book, the result of a multifaceted project, Sons et Lumières thanks to a 2025 grant from the Emilia-Romagna Region, presented again during Art City 2026 in the garden. A video of the interactive and immersive installation will be shown inside the Foundation’s headquarters overlooking the garden, using a specially installed monitor.
Free admission
14. Via Santo Stefano 56, Palazzo Zani
Saturday 10am-1pm and 3pm-7pm
Sunday 10am-1pm and 3pm-7pm
In the sixteenth-century headquarters of the Consorzio della Bonifica Renana, reminiscences of a romantic garden, with a shrine and other neo-Gothic details.
Saturday, May 16th and Sunday, May 17th
OCCHIO! Views of the territory, a group exhibition of posters created by students of the Academy of Fine Arts of Bologna and promoted by the Consorzio della Bonifica Renana.
15. Via Santo Stefano 63, Palazzo Rosselli del Turco
Saturday 10am – 7pm (continuous hours)
Sunday 10am – 7pm (continuous hours)
A large garden with a fountain and a centuries-old Lebanese cedar.
The Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus are offering their delicacies for charity.
Tickets can be purchased here.
Saturday, May 16
Bucolic-themed live painting by @_checco__. His graphic design aims to externalize illustration as a point of view, generating powerful yet sarcastic sensations and emotional perspectives. Through the application of the principles of visual perception, he inserts symmetry effects that offer different interpretations of the figures.
Sunday, May 17, 1:30PM
Mobile readings by the Malippo Association, on the theme of gardens, flowers, and landscape. Anyone can read the text of their choice. Information here.
16. Via Santo Stefano 30, Palazzo Hercolani-Bonora
Saturday 10am-1pm
A garden divided into two internal courtyards, rich in botanical species and allegorical statues. Home to the Fanti Melloni Foundation.
Photography is not permitted in this garden.
17. Via Savenella 15
Saturday 10am-1pm and 3pm-7pm
Sunday 10am-1pm and 3pm-7pm
The 17th-century building, now home to the Reuse With Love association, has preserved the garden’s scenic setting, complete with a shrine and architectural backdrop.
Saturday, May 16th and Sunday, May 17th
Secret Savenella, a space for regeneration, beauty, and creativity, where art and nature meet. On display are floral watercolors, experimental jewelry, ceramics, and vintage tailored clothing, inspired by the shapes and colors of Mother Nature.
Narrated tours of the underground Nevaia, led by the FAI Bologna Delegation. Tours will be held in small groups with limited numbers; reservations are required by emailing eventi@reusewithlove.org. Organized by Re-Use With Love volunteers to support solidarity projects.
Saturday, May 16th and Sunday, May 17th | 3:30 PM
Music of the Spheres, harp performance by Marianne Gubri.
Sunday, May 17th | 4:00 PM
Floral Hangers, an outdoor workshop offering a creative experience making floral hangers with recycled materials and supporting charitable projects. Led by volunteers from Re-Use With Love Odv, reservations are required by emailing eventi@reusewithlove.org
18. Via Savenella 19
Saturday 10am-1pm and 3pm-7pm
Sunday 10am-1pm and 3pm-7pm
Another small green space, once used for production and service purposes, has preserved the atmosphere of Bologna as it once was.
19. Via Paglietta 10
Saturday 10am-1pm and 3pm-7pm
Sunday 10am-1pm and 3pm-7pm
A service space, inside an ancient block, has been transformed into a pleasant garden.
20. Via Santa Margherita 12, Istituto Suore Francescane dell’Immacolata Concezione
Sunday 10am-1pm and 3pm-7pm
The cloister of a Franciscan convent, silent and well-guarded.
21. Via Cesare Battisti 31
Sunday 10am-1pm and 3pm-7pm
A small family garden that was once a monastic horticultural area.
22. Via Saragozza 26, Palazzo Albergati
Saturday 10am-1pm
The greenery of the urban residence of a famous Bolognese family, on the site of the Roman baths.
Illustrious figures in the gardens. Palazzo Albergati is the birthplace of Maria Giorgi, an important pianist and composer, long forgotten. Together with the 8cento association, we created a short sketch set in this place.
23. Via Malpertuso 7
Saturday 10am-1pm and 3pm-7pm
A charming family garden from the early 1900s, which has preserved its original layout, decorations, and furnishings intact.
24. Via Santa Caterina 29
Saturday 10am-1pm and 3pm-7pm
Sunday 10am-1pm and 3pm-7pm
A public housing project on the ancient Via di Santa Caterina, renovated by the municipal administration half a century ago and managed by Acer, which preserves, hidden from the porticoed street, a dense greenery of exotic yet familiar plants, including palms, yuccas, aucubas, and Japanese medlars.
25. Via Santa Caterina 13
Saturday 10am-1pm and 3pm-7pm
Sunday 10am-1pm and 3pm-7pm
The cat garden, with its palm tree and honeysuckle pergola, is also part of a second Acer building, which houses the Bologna 1891 Animal Protection Association, run by volunteers.
26. Via Pietralata 16
Saturday 10am-1pm and 3pm-7pm
Sunday 10am-1pm and 3pm-7pm
A true secret delight in the heart of the city, featuring refined vintage furnishings by Freak Andò, roses, and boxwood shrubs. This year, the space is enriched with a green installation featuring moss “pearls” created using the ancient Japanese kokedama technique.
Tickets can be purchased here.
Sunday, May 17
11 AM
The owner Maurizio Marzadori alias Freak Andò will tell you about the restoration of his garden with antique materials and furnishings that he will teach you to recognize.
4PM
Intertwining Life: The Art of Uniting Plants and Moss, a demonstration workshop of kokedama, an ancient Japanese cultivation technique for reconnecting with the earth, in a true ritual combining aesthetics and plant care. Curated by @kokedamiri.
27. Via San Donato 42/50
Saturday: 10am – 1pm and 3:30 pm – 5pm | Visits by appointment with entrances at 10am, 11:30am, and 3:30pm
Sunday: 10am – 1pm and 3:30pm – 5pm | Visits by appointment with entrances at 10am, 11:30am, and 3:30pm
Reservations open on May 10th at 9:00 a.m.
A large shared garden with a beautiful collection of roses, peonies, and many flowering herbaceous plants cared for by some of the residents.
28. Via Manfredi 27
Saturday 10am-1pm and 3pm-7pm
Sunday 10am-1pm and 3pm-7pm
A rectangle of greenery hidden at the back of a multi-story residential building transformed by the care of a passionate couple of owners into a rich and welcoming garden.
29. Via Cracovia 27, Giardino sensoriale di Corte Bellaria
Saturday 10am-1pm and 3pm-7pm
Sunday 10am-1pm and 3pm-7pm
The ancient Corte Bellaria, a public space adjacent to the Parco dei Cedri, currently being regenerated by the City of Bologna, is home to a small, recently created garden with many plants that offer a unique and engaging sensory journey. Guided tours and workshops are offered by the Parco dei Cedri nel Cuore Association (Odv) and CSAPSA.
Free admission.
Saturday, May 16 | 10AM
Guided tour of the garden to discover its plants accompanied by environmental educator Eleonora Cominato, and a photography exhibition dedicated to the Corte Bellaria area through historic photographs by Giorgio Ramenghi dating back to before the 1970s. Organized by the Parco dei Cedri nel Cuore Association (Odv).
Sustainable crafts, a workshop for children including the construction of wooden nests and feeders for urban biodiversity. Organized by CSAPSA.
Sunday, May 17 | 3PM
Guided tour of the garden to discover its plants, accompanied by environmental educator Eleonora Cominato, and a photography exhibition dedicated to the Corte Bellaria area through Giorgio Ramenghi’s historic photographs from before the 1970s. Organized by the Parco dei Cedri nel Cuore Association.
Art meets nature, a pastel painting workshop for children led by artist Mina Ricciardi Pasetto. Organized by the Parco dei Cedri nel Cuore Association.
30. Via Savioli 3, Giardino Savioli – Casa di Quartiere Stella
Saturday 9am – 8pm (continuous hours)
Sunday 9am – 8pm (continuous hours)
Walking through the ancient Alemanni portico, we discover a public garden filled with fifty trees: a shared heritage rich in history, brought to life by the adjacent Neighborhood House.
Free admission.
Saturday, May 16 | 12PM
Echoes in the Green, a musical aperitif with students and teachers from InSuono APS.
Saturday, May 16 | 4PM
Presentation of the book Gelsominaie: stories of women, flowers, and perfumes, by Santì La Rosa and Venera Tomarchio, Lombardo Edizioni, 2024, with the authors present. Edited by Laura Rossi and Adolfo Coppola of AISO (Italian Oral History Association).
Sunday, May 17 | 4PM
From the two towers to the Savioli garden among the treasures of Strada Maggiore and Via Mazzini, an illustrated story with images, photographs, and documents by the architect. Pietro Maria Alemagna along the ancient Via Emilia: the history and traces of the past, the towers, the senatorial palaces, the houses, the churches, the gardens and the waters that flow through it, the illustrious inhabitants and the artists who left their works there.
31. Via Murri 74, Parco dell’Istitutito San Giuseppe
Saturdays 10am-1pm and 3pm-6pm | Visits by reservation with entrances at 10am, 11:30am, 3pm, and 4:30pm
The park, now serving the large school, features imposing trees and architectural elements from the ancient garden layout, which adorned the former Villa Banzi, where Gioacchino Rossini’s second marriage was celebrated.
32. Via Siepelunga 8, Giardino di Casa Siepelunga
Saturday 10am-1pm and 3pm-7pm
Sunday 10am-1pm and 3pm-7pm
The home offers hospitality to young cancer patients cared for by Ageop Ricerca Odv; the garden is filled with plants that add color to the different seasons. During the same days, the Spring Market will be held, featuring solidarity products.
Saturday, May 16 | 10:30am
Wellbeing in Nature: presentation of Casa Siepelunga (Ageop Ricerca Odv) and its garden to introduce the theme of Wellbeing in Nature. This will be followed by short experiences exploring natural materials. Organized by Ageop Ricerca Odv and the IU Rusconi Ghigi Foundation.
33. Via Siepelunga 16/18, Giardino delle Peonie
Saturday 10am-1pm and 3pm-7pm
Sunday 10am-1pm and 3pm-7pm
A well-preserved early 20th-century garden: a fountain with cherubs, boxwoods, and many varieties of peonies.
Saturday, May 16th and Sunday, May 17th
Unconditional Love, an exhibition of copper-plated works by Sara Bolzani related to the shared project “Unconditional Love,” “The Universe is Us,” with Galatearte.
Sunday, May 17th | 5PM
Body Architecture Lab by About Skins Visual Art MI. BO, a performance by makeup artists Raffaela Fiore and Laura Silvestrelli, in collaboration with the Crea Chorea dance school and photographer Ilaria Bassi.
34. Piazzale Bacchelli 4, Villa Revedin
Sundays 10am-1pm and 3pm-6pm | Visits by reservation with entrances at 10am, 11:30am, 3pm, and 4:30pm
Reservations open on May 10th at 9:00 a.m.
The vast park of the archiepiscopal seminary, near San Michele in Bosco, is rich in history, with picturesque corners and views.
Bus 30, Piazzale Bacchelli stop.
35. Via dell’Osservanza 19, Villa Baruzziana
Saturday 10am-1pm | Visits by reservation with entrances at 10am and 11:30am
Reservations open on May 10th at 9a.m.
The clinic’s park, which was the residence of sculptor Cincinnato Baruzzi in the 19th century, offers a magnificent view of the city.
Bus 52, Villa Baruzziana stop.
36. Via dell’Osservanza 41, Villa Scarani
Saturdays 10am-1pm and 4pm-7pm | Visits by reservation with entrances at 10am, 11:30am, 4pm, and 5:30pm
The Ca’ Scarani farm’s olive grove, behind the villa, offers a superb view of Bologna; organic olive oil tasting and sale available.
Bus 52, Osservanza stop.
37. Via Saragozza 142, Orti comunali
Saturday 10am-1pm and 3pm-7pm
Sunday 10am-1pm and 3pm-7pm
One of the most pleasant and vibrant municipal vegetable gardens, at the foot of the hill, connected to the nearby Casa di Quartiere 2 Agosto 1980.
Free admission.
Saturday, May 16 | 10AM
BIOdiversity for health: discover an urban biodiversity center with a new bio-pond, insect and bat houses. Workshops are available in the morning, and the afternoon is free to visit. Part of the project promoted by the Municipality of Bologna with the support of Centro Antartide and Beebo, in collaboration with Orti Saragozza 142 (biodiversitaperlasalute.it).
38. Via Saragozza 210, Villa Benni
Saturday 9-11:30 am | Visits by appointment with entrances at 9:00 am, 9:45 am, and 10:30 am
Reservations open on May 10th at 9:00 a.m.
The historic and vast park, adorned with centuries-old trees, frames the beautiful early 20th-century villa.
39. Via Ognibene, Bosco di Nespolo
Saturday 10am-1pm and 3pm-7pm
Sunday 10am-1pm and 3pm-7pm
A spontaneously growing forest, cared for by the Nespolo Association, allows visitors to experience nature education in a wild, adventurous, and fairytale-like environment.
40. Via Andrea Costa 33
Saturday 10am-1pm and 3pm-7pm
Sunday 10am-1pm and 3pm-7pm
A hidden corner of greenery that reflects its owner’s botanical passion and artistic flair, and which houses a long-standing hydrangea specimen.
Saturday, May 16th and Sunday, May 17th
Hortensia’s Garden, a sensory journey through performances, artistic presences, and creative moments that intertwine with the natural setting, accompanying its rhythms, atmospheres, and evocative charms. An experience of listening and wonder, curated by Maria Giulia Corni.
41. Via Bertocchi 24, Giardino della Villa Lambertini Mattei
Saturday 10am-1pm and 3pm-7pm
Sunday 10am-1pm and 3pm-7pm
The small garden and eighteenth-century icehouse, a former preserve of Villa Lambertini Mattei, the historic summer residence of Cardinal Prospero Lambertini. Tours are organized by the “Save the Icehouse” Association, with a free donation. For information, visit the website.
Free admission.
42. Via Felicina 1, Giardino delle Stanze Sonore
Saturday 2-8 PM | Visits by appointment with admission at 2, 3:30, 5, and 6:30 PM
Sunday 2-8 PM | Visits by appointment with admission at 2, 3:30, 5, and 6:30 PM
Reservations open on May 10th at 9:00 a.m.
In the countryside, a garden full of evocative features: Land Art installations, a Zen corner, the Chartres labyrinth, a small bio-pond, and works by artist Patrizia Merendi.
43. Via Balzani 15, Villa Balzani
Saturday 9:30 am – 12:30 pm | Visits by reservation with entrances at 9:30 am and 11 am
Parking available in adjacent streets.
Reservations open on May 10th at 9 am.
A new countryside landscape created with great passion for the ancient garden of a noble residence in the plains: an unexpected green world on the border between Bologna and Zola Predosa, just steps from a modern industrial area. Tours will be led by master gardener Carlo Pagani, organized by the Zeula Odv Cultural Association.
44. Via Ca’ Rosa 9
Sunday 10am-1pm and 3pm-7pm
A large garden with large trees, magnificent magnolias, tree peonies, hellebores, a spectacular climbing rose, and a remarkable collection of irises.
Visit the website.
